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Mobile Wallet Use Jumps 31% as Apple Pay Faces Rising Competition
November 26, 2025
Shoppers are using mobile wallets more often, but the new data suggests that this shift is doing less to consolidate Apple Pay’s dominance than to widen the field for its ...PYMNTS Streaming App Provider Rankings Show Surprising Winner
November 25, 2025
Every now and then a dark horse appears in the PYMNTS App Provider Rankings that shows how much consumers are willing to discover and explore new apps in what would ...Perplexity Releases Android Version of Comet Browser, Says iOS Version Coming Soon
November 20, 2025
Perplexity’s artificial intelligence-powered browser, Comet, is now available in a mobile version. The company has released the first mobile version of the browser, Comet Android, and will release an iOS version ...Vrbo Pushes Up the Hotel App Rankings as Discounts Drive Fall Bookings
November 17, 2025
Sometimes you don’t need a ride to travel. That’s a good lesson to remember as Thanksgiving and the holidays scatter American consumers to highways and airports for their annual visits. ...FanDuel Makes Bet on Prediction Markets Popularity
November 13, 2025
Online gambling service FanDuel is joining rival DraftKings in the prediction markets business. The company announced Wednesday (Nov. 13) the pending launch of its FanDuel Predicts app, developed in partnership with ...Apple Will Process WeChat Payments, Expands China Revenue
November 13, 2025
Apple reportedly reached a payments agreement with Chinese tech giant Tencent. The new arrangement will see Apple handle payments and take a 15% cut of purchases of mini games and apps ...Five Factors Driving Digital Wallets From Trial to Habit
November 12, 2025
PYMNTS Intelligence finds that 31% of consumers used a mobile wallet in a store in the last seven days, more than double the 14% reported a year earlier. Apple Pay’s ...Gen Z Wallet Use Rises 23% as Older Shoppers Catch Up
November 11, 2025
The global shift toward mobile wallets is often described as a Generation Z movement. However, the PYMNTS Intelligence report “Pocket Revolution: How Mobile Wallets Are Changing Payments Worldwide” showed that digital ...Headspace Outruns Planet Fitness in October Rankings
November 10, 2025
Fitness, it turns out, is an inside job when it comes to the PYMNTS App provider rankings for the category. Because it wasn’t the usual suspects that made the biggest ...Amazon Bazaar Expands to 14 Markets
November 7, 2025
About a year after launching Amazon Haul and Amazon Bazaar, Amazon is expanding that shopping experience to another 14 markets. In addition, in the new markets, Amazon is delivering that experience ...Lloyds to Add AI-Powered Financial Assistant to App in 2026
November 7, 2025
Lloyds Banking Group plans to add an artificial intelligence (AI) powered financial assistant to its mobile app in early 2026. The assistant will initially help customers manage their spending, savings and ...Ulta, Old Navy and Mercari Rise in Holiday Shopping App Usage
November 3, 2025
Who’s going to win the digital wallet for the holidays? It was a question we asked as November started. A quick check of the PYMNTS app provider shopping rankings for ...Hanscom Federal Turns Banking Into a Game to Win Gen Z Business
October 29, 2025
Consumers have grown used to managing nearly every aspect of their financial lives on their phones, but convenience alone is no longer enough. Many now expect digital banking to help them ...Apple Asks Judge to Dismiss Fintiv’s Racketeering Lawsuit Focused on Apple Pay
October 28, 2025Apple reportedly asked a judge Monday (Oct. 27) to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit brought by Fintiv. FinTiv, a digital payments solution provider, alleges the tech giant stole its technology to create ...Unlimit Integrates Apple Pay Disbursements Into FinTech Platform
October 28, 2025
Payments processing FinTech Unlimit says it has integrated Apple Pay transfer capabilities into its platform. This new integration is designed to let retail customers using Unlimit “seamlessly” transfer their fiat funds to eligible Apple Pay ...Grubhub Platform Integrates Grocery Delivery Powered by Instacart
October 28, 2025
Grubhub customers will soon be able to order goods from Instacart’s network of grocery stores and pharmacies within the Grubhub app or website. This capability will be enabled by a new ...Apple Pay Eliminates $1 Billion in Fraud as Wallet Expands Digital ID Tools
October 27, 2025
Apple Pay and Apple Wallet are both gaining users and adding capabilities. Jennifer Bailey, vice president of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, said during a Sunday (Oct. 26) keynote at Money ...Robinhood to Offer Futures Trading in UK
October 27, 2025
Robinhood plans to start rolling out futures trading to eligible customers in the United Kingdom in the coming weeks. This offering will allow U.K. customers to trade index, energy, metals and ...Only 21% of Consumers Created a Budget Last Year
October 23, 2025
Consumers in the United States may be strapped, but not everyone feels the same financial strain. The difference often comes down to how they budget. The June edition of PYMNTS Intelligence’s ...Consumers Take Control in the Wallet Wars
October 23, 2025
A new generation of mobile wallets is emerging to evolve wallets beyond payments, Thales SVP Gustavo Menezes writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “Headlines That Will Shape the Close of ...Synchrony Rides Walmart Alliance to No. 1 in Credit Card Apps
October 21, 2025
What a difference Walmart makes. That’s one of the takeaways from our focus for this week’s app provider rankings: Credit card apps. MySynchrony led our most recent sweep of data ...Apple Pay Turns 11 and Its Rivals Are Catching Up
October 20, 2025
Digital wallets have reached a turning point. Weekly in-store usage has more than doubled year over year, and Apple Pay now moves an estimated $450 billion in annual sales. Yet cards ...Circle K and Car IQ Launch Mobile App for Fleet Operators
October 15, 2025
Convenience store and gas station chain Circle K has teamed up with vehicle-based payment technology provider Car IQ to launch a mobile app for fleet operators. The new Circle K Pro ...Gen Z Leads a 23% Surge in Mobile Wallet Use Across Generations
October 15, 2025
Mobile wallets aren’t killing the credit card. They’re giving it new life. That’s the undercurrent of PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest “How the World Does Digital” report, which finds that wallets are driving ...Payments App PayPay’s Valuation could top $20 Billion in IPO
October 14, 2025
Japan’s PayPay’s valuation could reportedly exceed $20 billion as it prepares to go public. The SoftBank-owned payments app is set for an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S. in December, ...Mobile Accounts for 59% of Long-Distance Travel Bookings
October 14, 2025
When it comes to travel, Generation Z consumers and baby boomers, two groups at opposite ends of the digital age spectrum, are behaving more alike than anyone expected. Both are holding ...Brazil’s PicPay Eyes US IPO by End of Year
October 13, 2025
Mobile banking app PicPay reportedly aims to raise $500 million in a U.S. initial public offering that could happen as soon as this year. The company is working with banks on ...Nationwide and Safeco Rise in PYMNTS App Provider Rankings
October 13, 2025
With the all-important holiday selling season coming up, it might be time for consumers to review their recurring debts. One of them is insurance payments, whether it’s car, home or ...Square Adds AI-Powered Insights and Voice Ordering for Local Businesses
October 8, 2025
Artificial intelligence-powered insights, voice ordering, bitcoin payments and a mobile app for small businesses are among Square’s latest offerings for local businesses. Square announced these new products Wednesday (Oct. 8) during ...ESPN Dominates PYMNTS App Provider Streaming Rankings
October 7, 2025
It’s football season. It’s new streaming show season. And it’s new movie season. No better time to check in on streaming apps in the PYMNTS app provider rankings where we ...Bolt Launches Super App for Managing Crypto, Fiat, Rewards and Shopping
September 25, 2025
Bolt launched its SuperApp that brings together on one platform cryptocurrency trading, peer-to-peer transfers, digital banking and commerce. Previously offered in beta, the app is now generally available for Android and ...Mastercard and Alipay+ Team to Advance Contactless Payments in Korea
September 23, 2025
Mastercard and Alipay+ have teamed to promote contactless payments in South Korea. This partnership will see the two companies provide support for mobile wallet Kakao Pay in launching NFC (near-field communication) payment for overseas ...Oracle to Create TikTok Algorithm in US ‘From the Ground Up’
September 22, 2025
Oracle is reportedly being tapped to recreate and secure the United States version of TikTok’s algorithm. The move is part of a deal that would see the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform sold ...Meta Lets Small Businesses Offer In-WhatsApp Payments
September 18, 2025
Meta will let small businesses offer a payment option within the WhatsApp Business App. The new service was one of several announced in a Thursday (Sept. 18) press release by the ...WEX Adds Fleet Card and Advanced Reporting to App for Contractors
September 18, 2025
Global commerce platform WEX has rebranded its software solution for contractors, Payzerware, to WEX Field Service Management (FSM) and launched the new WEX FSM mobile app. The new WEX FSM incorporates ...Acquirers Race to Outsource Speed as Mobile Shoppers Shift
September 16, 2025
Watch more: Acquirers and Payment Infrastructure — Powering the Mobile-First Future Acquirers must future-proof their operations in an increasingly mobile-first world. As Visa Acceptance Solutions Global Sales, Engineering Vice President Pritesh Patel ...Apple Pay Partners With Affirm for In-Store Purchase Options
September 15, 2025
Consumers can now access Affirm’s payment options when making in-store purchases with Apple Pay on iPhone in the United States. The move marks an expansion of a capability that was already ...Checks Drive 65% of Fraud Losses
September 11, 2025
The hidden drag on billing modernization isn’t paper alone. It’s double delivery, with one-third of utility customers still receiving both paper and electronic bills, a redundancy that adds cost, confuses customers ...One-Click Convenience Drives Australia’s Mobile Shopping
September 11, 2025
Australia, while a burgeoning mobile-first market, presents a paradox for financial institutions, FinTech innovators and payment providers. In the Land Down Under, there’s a population eager for digital convenience, particularly one-click ...Ralph Lauren Begins Rollout of AI-Powered Conversational Shopping Experience
September 9, 2025
Luxury lifestyle company Ralph Lauren is rolling out an artificial intelligence-powered conversational shopping experience that is designed to serve as a stylist. Dubbed “Ask Ralph,” the AI tool can answer questions ...
Featured Stats
Everyone wants to be the consumer’s everyday app – the “super app” to rule them all, the front door into the goods and services consumers use as they go about their day. Being that front door means monetizing access to the consumers who use it and the interactions that happen inside of that ecosystem. But do consumers want one? We asked 1,037 of them in June of 2019 and here’s what we learned.
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Interest Level in Using Everyday App Every Morning
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Percentage of Respondents Who Are "Very" or "Extremely" Interested
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Most Trust Companies by Demographics
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Most Trusted Company to Provide the Everyday App
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Reasons Respondents are interested in Everyday App
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Reasons Respondents Want Voice Incorporated into Everyday App
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